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and the u.s. is going to say this is the right and sometimes opportunities ended up being this kind of selection. if we bring everybody to the table, and this is something we have never really tried. exception again from 2004 to 2008. >> i decide to make sure -- do they question? are used handing? because we have about five minutes i want to get a question. >> when i was saying that the united states doesn't want to engage, actually it is perceived by people of not doing anything, is perceived as doing a favor to the regime. so choosing not to do anything and is actually doing positively support to the regime. this is a perception. >> excuse my english. i just came here. i just have one question. has there been any sectors for sanctions in history? howser also been in a and regime? why did the united states call for sanctions? i'm from iraq with the teen years of sanctions and i think that they empower the regime. it's really, really weak. we are trying to survive and that's happened in cuba, and
and the u.s. is going to say this is the right and sometimes opportunities ended up being this kind of selection. if we bring everybody to the table, and this is something we have never really tried. exception again from 2004 to 2008. >> i decide to make sure -- do they question? are used handing? because we have about five minutes i want to get a question. >> when i was saying that the united states doesn't want to engage, actually it is perceived by people of not doing anything,...
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the u.s. intelligence community and had many high ranking positions in it, including executive director, director for the cia, and his final position was national intelligence officer for the near east and south asia where he provided analytical support. and he was a visiting fellow at brookings in the year 2000, and as a reserve officer in the u.s. army, and has also been publishing externally important literature the last few years since retiring from the government. so i will step out of the way now. .. >> what are the prospects for a new president achievement anding a peace setment between israelis and palestinians? i believe, unfortunately, that they are not very good. by a fair settlement i mean a two-state solution, a palestinian state on comprising gaza and the west bank with some modern negotiated land swaps with control of its border, its borders, its water resources, its air space. something similar to the clinton parameters of 2000. i believe that this outcome more than any alterna
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the u.s. you should do something. well, we know not enough was done can. we know that the government across the board failed to do what was necessary on potential terrorism, and we had 9/11. i tell you the theme song, the big music in this book i've written that i've tried to present is u.s. economy about to falter. and it's a warning. and it's disappointing, to be honest with you, it's agonizing that it can't get into the dialogue because we have a presidential election six weeks ago -- six weeks from now in which whoever, whether's obama, romney, they're going to have to sit there, and this is what they're going to be spending your time on. yes, young man. >> hi. um, i just -- oh, 13. >> thank you. >> i just wanted to say, first of all, that i am right in the middle of the price of politics, i'm in the middle of chapter 20, so it's an incredible book, so thank you very much for writing it. >> i know lots of adults who can't read it. [laughter] >> thank you. so, um, my question is, um, i'm at
the u.s. you should do something. well, we know not enough was done can. we know that the government across the board failed to do what was necessary on potential terrorism, and we had 9/11. i tell you the theme song, the big music in this book i've written that i've tried to present is u.s. economy about to falter. and it's a warning. and it's disappointing, to be honest with you, it's agonizing that it can't get into the dialogue because we have a presidential election six weeks ago -- six...
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with the u.s. deficit increasing by the second threatening the economic recovery, would would you, as -- what would you as a u.s. senator do about taxes and spending. we begin with martin. heinrich: we have to take a balanced aroach. every single bipartisan group that's gotten together has said you can only tackle this problem if you look at both sides of the equation. if you increase revenues, and you make cuts to existing programs, we're going to have to weather some challenging cuts in the future because spending is too high. we're going to have to increase revenue, and i think it's fair to ask people at the very upper income levels to shoulder the same responsibility that middle class families shoulder today. it's not right that mitt romney, who is worth hundreds of millions of dollars a year pays 14% in effective tax rates, and small business people and teachers and firefighters pay more. with a balanced approach, we can meet the challenge. >> moderator: heather, talk about taxes and spending.
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strengthening of u.s. military posture in the region. >> thank you bouck and now my colleague benjamin wu mollusca questions in a different domain. >> thank you for moderating the questions related to foreign policy, defense and security. gentlemen, we are going to begin the second set of questions to trade and human rights. i'm going to mix this up a little bit and ask questions directly to each of you and the response format would remain the same. dr. friedberg, and when to begin with you. dr. bader referenced this issue and one of his previous responses to the governor romney stated this threat in the course of the campaign he intends to label china as a manipulator on day one of the presidency but marco rubio most recently agree with the governor about china initiating a trade war that could ultimately hurt american business. does governor romney share those fears about the trade war? >> you have to stand back a little bit from this and see it in a wider context. the president said the other night u.s.
strengthening of u.s. military posture in the region. >> thank you bouck and now my colleague benjamin wu mollusca questions in a different domain. >> thank you for moderating the questions related to foreign policy, defense and security. gentlemen, we are going to begin the second set of questions to trade and human rights. i'm going to mix this up a little bit and ask questions directly to each of you and the response format would remain the same. dr. friedberg, and when to begin...
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he said that the u.s. is one dead deal away from cementing his place as the world leading economic power to the next 25 years. he is absolutely right. the opportunity is there. the crisis is there. if we get some leadership, i think we can do it. you know, rick says congress mostly has followers. that is true. it would be nice to have -- although i think that senator toomey has been a leader on this issue. convincing him is never easy, but if he were convinced, he would leave and get things done and he would leave some of the more interesting prospects. it may not be 100%. but if i could play one thing in the senate and house cloakrooms, it would be the rolling stones song, you can't always get what you want. >> all right. this is a discussion about regulatory issues. we have spent the day talking about legal reforms. it is fairly easy that one level talks about budgets because there are numbers involved. you can see that the data showing that its exchange rate on sprint how do you get people to tune in? >
he said that the u.s. is one dead deal away from cementing his place as the world leading economic power to the next 25 years. he is absolutely right. the opportunity is there. the crisis is there. if we get some leadership, i think we can do it. you know, rick says congress mostly has followers. that is true. it would be nice to have -- although i think that senator toomey has been a leader on this issue. convincing him is never easy, but if he were convinced, he would leave and get things...
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the u.s. department of state and the central intelligence agency, and he is the author of four books on soviet foreign policy and is also the editor, has been the editor of 14 books on israel and middle eastern policy. and then our third speaker will be dr. stephen blank, he is the strategic study institute's expert on soviet bloc and post-soviet world since 1989. he is the editor of imperial decline: russia's changing position in asia and co-editor of "the soviet military in the future." and he will -- the last speaker is dr. ariel cohen, my colleague here at heritage, who is the senior research fellow for russian and eurasian studies. ariel has often been called upon to testify on russian and former soviet politics, economics and law before the u.s. congress and regularly provides commentary on these issues through numerous media outlets both domestically and across the globe. so i believe we have the right people here to discuss the topic which i didn't come up with the title so i can say i
the u.s. department of state and the central intelligence agency, and he is the author of four books on soviet foreign policy and is also the editor, has been the editor of 14 books on israel and middle eastern policy. and then our third speaker will be dr. stephen blank, he is the strategic study institute's expert on soviet bloc and post-soviet world since 1989. he is the editor of imperial decline: russia's changing position in asia and co-editor of "the soviet military in the...
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the u.s. and persian gulf war, the first persian gulf war the experience shock at the synergistic way in which the u.s.-led coalition spectacularly applied technology to the modern warfare. the fourth key driver has been the incredible development of the chinese economy that has allowed for and paid for the more than sevenfold increase in the chinese defense spending over the two decades. so, the pla today is a force that continues to emphasize its traditions, but also it has new ones. as we know, president hu jintao has talked about the historic missions which both reiterate the old and talk about the role of the global setting. the only part of which applies to the land forces as they've been increasingly participants in the u.n. peacekeeping operations. there's been some important developments in technology for the ground forces, particularly the two most important are the and provide in the tactical ability of the pla land force which is to say we now think there are less than five divisio
the u.s. and persian gulf war, the first persian gulf war the experience shock at the synergistic way in which the u.s.-led coalition spectacularly applied technology to the modern warfare. the fourth key driver has been the incredible development of the chinese economy that has allowed for and paid for the more than sevenfold increase in the chinese defense spending over the two decades. so, the pla today is a force that continues to emphasize its traditions, but also it has new ones. as we...
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they compare u.s. banks under u.s. gap with international banks, for example, european banks whose balance sheets are measured under ifrs. now, there is a fundamentally different treatment of derivatives under these two accounting standards. you might like u.s. gap, you might like ifrs. we can have that discussion from an investor standpoint. from a regulatory risk standpoint, i like and a lot of my former colleagues in official circles like ifrs. it's a less generous form of netting, but it has a better indication of the downside losses you may be facing as a taxpayer. if you convert jpmorgan chase's balance sheet to ifrs, it's not $2.2 trillion, it's $3.9 trillion by our estimations, and it is by far the largest bank in the world. sorry, it's much larger than the european bank, the only other bank that's close to it in terms of total size is bank of america. now, this is a $16 trillion economy, roughly speaking, jpmorgan chase, let's call it a $4 trillion balance sheet. let me ask you a very straightforward question.
they compare u.s. banks under u.s. gap with international banks, for example, european banks whose balance sheets are measured under ifrs. now, there is a fundamentally different treatment of derivatives under these two accounting standards. you might like u.s. gap, you might like ifrs. we can have that discussion from an investor standpoint. from a regulatory risk standpoint, i like and a lot of my former colleagues in official circles like ifrs. it's a less generous form of netting, but it...
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. >>> next u.s. candidates representative martin heinrich a democrat and former representative heather wilson, republican, square off in their third debate in one of the closest races in the country. the cook political report rates this race as leaning democratic. we picked this the date up right after the candidates opening statements. this is about an hour. >> good evening. i am, and welcome to kotb set the date. our sponsor is aarp. we are glad they are with us. this debate is being saimaa simulcast on a retial partner that would be 770, kklb-am. on and on the stage we have democratic candidate martin heinrich and republican candidate had their wilson and they are to replace john bingaman -- jeff bingaman who is retiring. both candidates have agreed to the debate rules to each candidate will have one minute to make an opening statement later they will have one minute for a closing statement. the candidates will be given one minute to answer each question and then 45 seconds each for the rebuttal.
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with the same u.s. support without sustained u.s. support, the negative scenario is somalia on the that might become a possibility. thanks for a much. [applause] >> thanks. bill? >> good morning. in an all-star lineup hitting behind the right fielder. there is a verb for this i learned in cairo years ago but there is a verb in arabic that means to arrive without your luggage. i've done that so i've had to walk down the street for clothes. but i'm here and i've survived and i'm going to try to wrap up the discussion further. i think given what's been said this morning we heard a lot more about continuity and change, and i'm going to talk about what is a change in the context of the arab spring and i agree to talk about libya because that is one of the missing pieces this morning and the most time focus on. the two biggest changes relate to each other and of the arab spring this is in terms of the actual movement by the arab spring. what i call old order and new order dynamic. there are new ideologies of change coming from those that a
with the same u.s. support without sustained u.s. support, the negative scenario is somalia on the that might become a possibility. thanks for a much. [applause] >> thanks. bill? >> good morning. in an all-star lineup hitting behind the right fielder. there is a verb for this i learned in cairo years ago but there is a verb in arabic that means to arrive without your luggage. i've done that so i've had to walk down the street for clothes. but i'm here and i've survived and i'm going...
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together with the u.s. attorneys offices around the country, the criminal division, computer crimes and intellectual property section, my office is actively partnering with fda, oci, with all the other law enforcement off a bit soup branches that you've heard today. fbi, hsi, eyes, postal service, dea. in investigating the really wide variety of unlawful trafficking that we see. as we heard this morning, from 10 and as we've been hearing throughout the day, the availability of drugs has just skyrocketed. anyone with a computer in order drugs on line using search engines, using ejb sites, and -- b-to-b site. they can do that for personal use or reset. what we are finding i think more and more is that anybody with a computer can set himself up as their own little wholesaler, and then buy drugs that may come from china, india, pakistan, wherever. and resell them to the own internet website, and they can be counterfeit, unapproved, steroids. just the wide variety of drugs that are out there. and as you know, so
together with the u.s. attorneys offices around the country, the criminal division, computer crimes and intellectual property section, my office is actively partnering with fda, oci, with all the other law enforcement off a bit soup branches that you've heard today. fbi, hsi, eyes, postal service, dea. in investigating the really wide variety of unlawful trafficking that we see. as we heard this morning, from 10 and as we've been hearing throughout the day, the availability of drugs has just...
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of halliburton, you said that u.s. businesses should be allowed to do business with iran because, quote, unilateral sanctions almost never work. after four years as vice president now, and with iran having been declared by your administration as part of the axis of evil, do you still believe we should lift sanctions on iran? >> no, i do not. and, gwen, at the time i was talking specifically about this question of unilateral sanctions. what happens when we impose unilateral sanctions is, unless there's a collective effort, other people move in and take advantage of the situation and you don't have any impact expect to penalize american companies. we've got sanctions on iran now. we may well want to go to the u.n. security council and ask for even tougher sanctions if they don't live up to their obligations under the international atomic energy agency, a nonproliferation treaty. we've dealt with iran differently than we have iraq partly because iran has not yet as iraq did violated 12 years of resolutions by the u.n. sec
of halliburton, you said that u.s. businesses should be allowed to do business with iran because, quote, unilateral sanctions almost never work. after four years as vice president now, and with iran having been declared by your administration as part of the axis of evil, do you still believe we should lift sanctions on iran? >> no, i do not. and, gwen, at the time i was talking specifically about this question of unilateral sanctions. what happens when we impose unilateral sanctions is,...
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the average american according to the u.s. debt clock, each american, every citizen, owes $51,000 to pay off the debt tomorrow. $51,000. we collected $2.5 trillion in revenue last year. senator, why isn't that enough? why do we need taxes to go up from that? nelson: well, we don't. >> moderator: well, you want to close bush era tax breaks. talk about that. nelson: what you need is an overhaul of the entire tax code. there are $14 trillion of tax loopholes. there's more going out in loopholes for somebody's special interest than there is coming in to the treasury each year in individual income tax. >> moderator: how much in loopholes? nelson: $14 trillion over ten years in tax loopholes. it's grown from the last time i voted for tax reform under president reagan -- >> moderator: congressman mack, a brief 30, then we're moving to foreign policy. mack: thank you. well, here we go again. senator nelson is telling everybody else we need to get rid of tax loopholes, but he's taking advantage of one himself. i'm all for it. if you wa
the average american according to the u.s. debt clock, each american, every citizen, owes $51,000 to pay off the debt tomorrow. $51,000. we collected $2.5 trillion in revenue last year. senator, why isn't that enough? why do we need taxes to go up from that? nelson: well, we don't. >> moderator: well, you want to close bush era tax breaks. talk about that. nelson: what you need is an overhaul of the entire tax code. there are $14 trillion of tax loopholes. there's more going out in...
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just last month we published the u.s. cooperation and clean energy and the review of the difficulties both countries face in developing solar, wind and other alternative energy industries and the potential room for cooperation. last november, finally, henry participated in another one of our national conversations entitled afghanistan is there a regional and gamecocks the story on this is interesting. he resisted when he learned we get organized a brilliant panel of scholars and reporters to comment on his remarks to the and we hadn't cleared the names with him. he didn't know all the people, and he was not happy. but he gave brief remarks and then he was warmly greeted by our own disk polish writer, and the rest is obvious. some days later i heard from him as follows in his voice sometimes i know i can be a pain in the dot. we let him know the panel in advance and he approved of you all. [laughter] please join me in welcoming a legendary statesman, my defense policy seatmate and valentine's day date dr. henry kissinger.
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that has worked in the u.s. sector. we can take those operation streamline in particular and do that in the tucson sector then we can move ahead with the other items that need reform. >> congressman carmona? carmona: first and foremost my comments will be based on 25 years as a deputy sheriff working in a border county in a border state dealing with issues on a regular basis with i.c.e. and border patrol and national guard troops so understanding the complexity of this issue. congressman flake visits the border every once in a while and he thinks he understands how complex this issue is. it's extraordinarily complex. this issue of operational control is one that is being -- because both sides are not sure what the appropriate metric is to measure success along the border. we are desperately looking for best practices to secure the border but let's make no mistake to border security issue is a dynamic one that changes every day based on the threats. whether the threats are people coming across a just want to work or whet
that has worked in the u.s. sector. we can take those operation streamline in particular and do that in the tucson sector then we can move ahead with the other items that need reform. >> congressman carmona? carmona: first and foremost my comments will be based on 25 years as a deputy sheriff working in a border county in a border state dealing with issues on a regular basis with i.c.e. and border patrol and national guard troops so understanding the complexity of this issue. congressman...
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i had the opportunity to talk to the former u.s. treasurer at an airport of all places a couple of days ago and she was commenting that the republican party had been successfully creating 125 republican candidates to run for the statehouse. maria, what is the democratic party doing to support candidates? >> i think they are doing it much better this year in and the cycle than they have before. this has always been something that i have talked about in terms of the democratic party needs to do a much better job of supporting latino candidates. i think from the standpoint, and you went through the whole list of all of the latinos who are running for congress, and i think that is actually an impressive number. that i always believed that both parties, and i said this from the moment i started working politics, they could do a much better job of recruiting and supporting candidates to run in all of these races. and i think it's also incumbent upon us as the latino community to get out there and to support people and also just ourselves
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but the anyone who speaks to the u.s. ambassador on the question still the calculation is that providing support from the united states in to the rebel hands at this time would have very uncertain outcome and we are working very hard with the rebel forces and clearly as the president said, assad's days are over. they will eventually come to an end. we need to be ready to support those provide support to the moderate forces as we can in the interim. i do want to, if i can, just say one thing about dov's comments about iran. which is very related to the syria issue. , i mean, he does set up the straw man about the sanction on iran. and the twenty countries that have gotten off the hook. it's interesting to note that this is where facts donator. the iran sanction fact is the critical -- when the president came to office he moved -- he then worked with the congress almost immediately to sign a new comprehensive piece of legislation. of wch multiple companies across the world including chinese companies including russian compa
but the anyone who speaks to the u.s. ambassador on the question still the calculation is that providing support from the united states in to the rebel hands at this time would have very uncertain outcome and we are working very hard with the rebel forces and clearly as the president said, assad's days are over. they will eventually come to an end. we need to be ready to support those provide support to the moderate forces as we can in the interim. i do want to, if i can, just say one thing...
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[inaudible] we asked the u.s. government have to publicly and forcefully go out and really put out our red lines and define our interests, in order to engage with these governments as part of the i know there are many complications of that, congress and public opinions here in the united states is one where it really requires us to find this interest very publicly. where does that conflict with our approach and our emerging approach with empowering civil society's? how can we do a better job of traditional diplomacy while enacting this new approach in this hybrid? because the governments are the ones you need to carve out space and what can we did as a u.s. government to push those other governments to do what they need to do? >> i'm going to throw out a question from twitter as well to add to our list. one person asked a question that i think we kind of been addressing in the last comment, but in the past without having a secular approach and the secular language, secular paradigms as being necessarily inclusive
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was named a u.s. automotive all-star by u.s. automotive news. it wasn't about the awards it was about the families who had a paycheck, it was about the part suppliers, it was about the money coming in to the communities, and the firefighters we able to hire and the police officers and the teacrs
was named a u.s. automotive all-star by u.s. automotive news. it wasn't about the awards it was about the families who had a paycheck, it was about the part suppliers, it was about the money coming in to the communities, and the firefighters we able to hire and the police officers and the teacrs
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u.s. government says, although we still say it. .. i remember when secretary clinton went on her first trip to china she had a forum with 16 women from different areas in china. was blogged, it was streamed, people would challenge the hiv/aids policy, incredibly brave women and secateurs clinton provided a forum for them to speak to a larger audience. these were the kind of things i think we can do. >> a question from right here in the room in the audience. president obama and governor rahm yo both said they want america to have a positive relationship with china but they must play by the rules. how well they pushed china if they think china is not playing by the rules, house specifically, dr. bader? >> how specifically will they -- >> push china if they are not playing by the rules? >> my last act in government, my last time around was second place in negotiations with a succession of the world trade organization. the world trade organization lays out in detail global rules. it was a 17 y
u.s. government says, although we still say it. .. i remember when secretary clinton went on her first trip to china she had a forum with 16 women from different areas in china. was blogged, it was streamed, people would challenge the hiv/aids policy, incredibly brave women and secateurs clinton provided a forum for them to speak to a larger audience. these were the kind of things i think we can do. >> a question from right here in the room in the audience. president obama and governor...
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the u.s. including american influence and engagement globally, the changing international order and emerging nations. two of the featured panelists included thomas friedman, "new york times" foreign affairs columnist and author of "the world is flat." and jessica mathews, carnegie president and director of national security office of global issues. >> good evening. my name is david rothkopf, and i will be the moderator for this evening. in the carnegie endowment discussion about how should the next american president engage the world. this is a debate format discussion. we have a terrific group of panelists here. starting on the far right we have professor john ikenberry of princeton. next is tom friedman of the new york times. next to him is our own jessica matthews of the carnegie endowment, and beside jessica is bob kagan at the brookings institution and we are going to cover several sets of issues in metal blocks tonight. in each case i'm going to open up. i'm going to open the discussion
the u.s. including american influence and engagement globally, the changing international order and emerging nations. two of the featured panelists included thomas friedman, "new york times" foreign affairs columnist and author of "the world is flat." and jessica mathews, carnegie president and director of national security office of global issues. >> good evening. my name is david rothkopf, and i will be the moderator for this evening. in the carnegie endowment...
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i think china understands that the u.s. has played the role of regional stabilizer, a sort of, we have undergirded the stability of the region that has allowed this region to become the economic contingent of the economic economy. that role isn't going to change, i think we have to frame this in a relationship that's trying to get china to be a more cooperative turkoman two-seat in their interest to do so. >> by my watch, i think we have about 12 or 13 minutes before we wrap up. so questions in the audience and then had a couple i wanted to maybe ask you, a few brief questions. [inaudible] >> winslow wheeler. i'm still confused of the 4%, and i'd like -- [inaudible] i like dov to take another crack at it. anybody here with a computer can go to the mitt romney website, click on the foreign policy submenu, and on that you will find at the bottom of the submenu a defense budget raids the second or third paragraph and you see very clearly that senator romney embraces 4% in the base budget for gdp, and and he says there's reason
i think china understands that the u.s. has played the role of regional stabilizer, a sort of, we have undergirded the stability of the region that has allowed this region to become the economic contingent of the economic economy. that role isn't going to change, i think we have to frame this in a relationship that's trying to get china to be a more cooperative turkoman two-seat in their interest to do so. >> by my watch, i think we have about 12 or 13 minutes before we wrap up. so...
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how can you compare them with the u.s.? i think the way to think about that comparison is at the state level. so what are some of the core principles, if you will, that seemed to undergird those systems that have not only had routinely high-performance but actually produce more equitable outcomes than the u.s. does. i won't run through, we have a list of seven. i would just mention three or four of them. fundamentally finland is most important is the systems really pay a lot of attention to recruiting, developing, retaining, supporting teachers. they focus for some really creating a highly talented teaching core. they pay a lot of attention, and a thoughtful deliberative way to the recruitment and preparation and support of school leaders. they pay a lot of attention to creating funding systems that do not rely on the local tax bases, but operate on the premise that you need to create not only equitable funny but you then need to make sure that those schools and districts serving the highest proportion of high needs kids ge
how can you compare them with the u.s.? i think the way to think about that comparison is at the state level. so what are some of the core principles, if you will, that seemed to undergird those systems that have not only had routinely high-performance but actually produce more equitable outcomes than the u.s. does. i won't run through, we have a list of seven. i would just mention three or four of them. fundamentally finland is most important is the systems really pay a lot of attention to...
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the u.s. would be forced to try to support tripoli's attempts to assert central north other the entirety of the state, but i think the u.s. would find itself -- its libyan interlocutors unwilling or unable to help the u.s. or to advance u.s. agendas. and at the same time you could have a hulking, inintroverted, disinterested, disengaged algeria right next door. and this would be a very negative she their yore for the entirety of north africa. but i'm perpetually the optimist, and i don't like the chick l little role. i think there are a lot of chicken littles here in d.c., and the sky's always falling. so what if in the happy circumstance none of these scenarios come to pass. where does the u.s. fit in? i think there's a real potential for the u.s. to build new relationships with algeria. it's going to have to be predicated on algeria being in the driver's seat. algeria will never be anybody's proxy. algeria has enormous potential that i think the u.s. can help it realize both domestically and
the u.s. would be forced to try to support tripoli's attempts to assert central north other the entirety of the state, but i think the u.s. would find itself -- its libyan interlocutors unwilling or unable to help the u.s. or to advance u.s. agendas. and at the same time you could have a hulking, inintroverted, disinterested, disengaged algeria right next door. and this would be a very negative she their yore for the entirety of north africa. but i'm perpetually the optimist, and i don't like...
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u.s. market share. they've been very successful doing that on solar energy. china is making solar panels at lower prices than other countries around the world and therefore they are substantially increased their share of the solar panel market. the problem is they've not been so good at the domestic consumption side. chinese companies export 95% of the solar panels to produce that is a big problem for chinese citizens and environmental ngos because they are saying this is about clean energy cleaning up the environment but we are getting the factories that make solar panels and have a lot of pollution from factories and then exporting solar panels to the united states so they have cleaner air but we do not and that is a big problem. that's an old model that china has been following the past few decades. the new model would be if they can not only create the manufacturing solar panels but also creating new innovative types of technology that might be way more efficient than we have here and
u.s. market share. they've been very successful doing that on solar energy. china is making solar panels at lower prices than other countries around the world and therefore they are substantially increased their share of the solar panel market. the problem is they've not been so good at the domestic consumption side. chinese companies export 95% of the solar panels to produce that is a big problem for chinese citizens and environmental ngos because they are saying this is about clean energy...
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that would require a delineation of u.s. interests, vital important, desirable and marginal in the force structures and the budgets required to defend them. i'm simply not going to get into that today. so let me begin with a very simple thought experiment. suppose that crime rates fall. this might be because of demographic shifts, because of changes in policing practices, because of higher incarceration rates. tell any story you want, but in the -- if we had an economy in which crime rates fell, you would expect there to be a decline in the demand for private security services, and that would represent a shift in demand and supply conditions that would be reflected in relative prices. and as a result of that relative price shift, we would observe a movement of resources across sectors including, including labor. that would be a classic example of structural unemployment as labor and the owners of other resources fine their most productive -- find their most productive uses in a world in which economic conditions have changed
that would require a delineation of u.s. interests, vital important, desirable and marginal in the force structures and the budgets required to defend them. i'm simply not going to get into that today. so let me begin with a very simple thought experiment. suppose that crime rates fall. this might be because of demographic shifts, because of changes in policing practices, because of higher incarceration rates. tell any story you want, but in the -- if we had an economy in which crime rates...
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and the u.s. is something that i have experienced in a very personal way to the band of one of my political heroes has always been i am very proud to say the son of a new york city native. so, winston churchill. [applause] churchill belonged to two parties in his lifetime while is being an independent and having been a republican i can relate to that. putting the common good ahead of the party politics in the next election really was at the core of his approach to leadership. it was an approach that i have always believed we need more of and every level of government all around the world especially now. we know these are difficult times in the shift in the economy presented leaders with tough choices on spending and taxes managing deficit and unleashing the forces of innovation. the u.k.'s first government since churchill is meeting these challenges head on. in the face of the most challenging economic times, we experienced in decades this is a government that is clearly not afraid to lead. in a 2
and the u.s. is something that i have experienced in a very personal way to the band of one of my political heroes has always been i am very proud to say the son of a new york city native. so, winston churchill. [applause] churchill belonged to two parties in his lifetime while is being an independent and having been a republican i can relate to that. putting the common good ahead of the party politics in the next election really was at the core of his approach to leadership. it was an approach...
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this is from the u.s. senator of missouri to be commander of the european forces, the supreme allied institution of forces. you are the inevitable successor of franklin roosevelt and as it turns out harry truman finds himself in a role like andrew johnson after the american civil for somebody who has been dropped into this natural succession. >> unfortunately we could probably go for another hour and we'll have 150 questions. we have one minute left. you get 15 seconds of it and we will give our panel is 45. >> david t. recall personally speaking with your grandfather about the normandy invasion in a particular beforehand is concerned about intentional failure or success. >> from a grandchild's perspective and he would know this from a larger perspective, world war ii was the subject that he left alone. as my father put at once, he would accept criticism on anything regarding his presidency but he could not really bring himself to revisit the controversies of world war ii i think because so much was at sta
this is from the u.s. senator of missouri to be commander of the european forces, the supreme allied institution of forces. you are the inevitable successor of franklin roosevelt and as it turns out harry truman finds himself in a role like andrew johnson after the american civil for somebody who has been dropped into this natural succession. >> unfortunately we could probably go for another hour and we'll have 150 questions. we have one minute left. you get 15 seconds of it and we will...
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now, barack obama and senator biden also voted for the largest tax increases in u.s. history. barack had 94 opportunities to side on the people's side and reduce taxes, and 94 times he voted to increase taxes or not support a tax reduction. 94 times. now, that's not what we need to create jobs and really bolster and heat up our economy. we do need the private sector to be able to keep more of what we earn and produce. government's going to have to learn to be more efficient and live with less if that's what it takes to rein in the government growth that we've seen today. but we do need tax relief, and barack obama even supported increasing taxes as late as last year for those families making only $42,000 a year. that's a lot of middle income, average american families, to increase taxes on them? i think that is a way to kill jobs and continue to harm our economy. >> moderator: senator? biden: charge is absolutely not true. barack obama did not vote to raise taxes. the vote she's referring to, john mccain voted the exact same way. it was a budget procedural vote. john mccain vo
now, barack obama and senator biden also voted for the largest tax increases in u.s. history. barack had 94 opportunities to side on the people's side and reduce taxes, and 94 times he voted to increase taxes or not support a tax reduction. 94 times. now, that's not what we need to create jobs and really bolster and heat up our economy. we do need the private sector to be able to keep more of what we earn and produce. government's going to have to learn to be more efficient and live with less...
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in fact, u.s. military currently spans and people are astonished, some in more than 40% of the entire world military spending is that just united states. >> host: the "washington post" today looks at foreign policy and some of the key areas their candidate's position. it looks at comments made by president obama and mitt romney. they also look at kaiser health tracking poll from last month. looking ahead to the election, tell me how tony homeport misspending on the military will be to your vote for president with the question asked to respond to this poll, 30% extremely important, 37% say very important. 21%, somewhat important, 11%, less important. the "washington post" goes to their position. the massive federal deficit, president obama announced plans in january for the military that will take overall spending while investing more heavily in social operations forces, growing aircraft and cybersecurity. a new military strategy also emphasizes the u.s. security president the asia-pacific region an
in fact, u.s. military currently spans and people are astonished, some in more than 40% of the entire world military spending is that just united states. >> host: the "washington post" today looks at foreign policy and some of the key areas their candidate's position. it looks at comments made by president obama and mitt romney. they also look at kaiser health tracking poll from last month. looking ahead to the election, tell me how tony homeport misspending on the military will...